multi-seeded
Definition
- Adjective:
- Having many seeds: Describes a fruit, pod, or other plant structure that contains a large number of seeds.
Usage
- The adjective multi-seeded is used to describe botanical specimens. It is typically placed before the noun it modifies.
- It is a technical or descriptive term often found in botanical, agricultural, or gardening contexts.
Examples
- The multi-seeded pod of the lotus plant is a distinctive feature.
- Botanists classify tomatoes as multi-seeded berries.
- This multi-seeded variety of cucumber is not ideal for commercial pickling.
Advanced Usage
- "multi-seeded fruit": A common collocation specifying the type of plant structure.
- Pomegranates are a classic example of a multi-seeded fruit.
- "multi-seeded capsule": Used in formal botanical descriptions.
- The plant produces a dry, dehiscent, multi-seeded capsule.
Variants and Related Words
- Multiseed: (Less common variant, sometimes used as an adjective or in compound nouns).
- A multiseed loaf of bread.
- Polyseeded: (A rare, more technical synonym with the same meaning).
- Seed-filled: (A more general descriptive term, not a direct synonym).
Synonyms
- Many-seeded: A more common and straightforward synonym.
- Polyspermous: A highly technical botanical term meaning containing many seeds.
Antonyms
- Seedless: Having no seeds.
- Single-seeded: Having only one seed (e.g., a peach).
Adjective
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having many seeds
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